The Odyssey is an epic story told by Homer. The Odyssey is said to have been told by a mysterious man named Homer‚ where as the story was told in multiple episodes‚ which will be described as the SAQ is written. As throughout the entire Odyssey‚ Odysseus’ leadership skills tested‚ and as so‚ he failed. He was supposed to bring his entire crew home‚ but instead‚ he barely made it to his homeland himself. A prime example of Odysseus’ terrible leadership skills was when Odysseus had the bags of wind
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created with those that follow them and they are strong‚ presenting a challenge to the hero. So then what defines one as a villain? Homers Odyssey serves as a prime example that heroes can inhabit the roll of a villain. In Odysseus’s encounter with Polyphemus Odysseus is the hero‚ Homer has already told the audience that. Indeed
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to show their power to overcome the antagonist. This is demonstrated in book 9 of The Odyssey when Odysseus tricked the Cyclops (Polyphemus) into believing his name was “Nobody” after overcoming the urge to tell him his real name. After Polyphemus ate two of Odysseus’s men and was planning to eat him last‚ Odysseus planned to kill him first. Odysseus intoxicated Polyphemus‚ which allowed them to heat a large stick that they had made for him‚ and drove it into the Cyclops’ eye blinding him. When he
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shock” (PETA – “Pyrogenicity”). The American Anti-Vivisection Society claims that most data from these tests are inaccurate because age and gender differences play role in the outcome as well. One alternative that is currently being used is the Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) test‚ which utilizes the amoebocytes from a horseshoe crab to examine the body’s responses to pyrogen (AAVS – “Testing”). It can be used instead of rabbits and other animals‚ allowing them to escape from such harsh and cruel
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courageous in The Odyssey. Odysseus’ actions are important because they demonstrate how a small act that is spur of the moment can save many people’s lives. For an act to be courageous‚ it must require extreme danger to the individual. Defeating Polyphemus was definitely dangerous
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Odyssey Review/Essay Questions 1.What aspects of social and political life in Homeric times are reflected in the “Odyssey”? =The aspects in the social and political life in Homeric times that are reflected in the Odyssey are the leadership and hierarchy. These are depicted by kings‚ warriors and peasants who sometimes live un-heroic simple life.Other than that it shows the culture of the Greeks wherein if you will court a lady‚you should bring gifts. 2.What is the purpose of the many allusion
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his journey. His journey starts as he leaves his family to join the Trojan War. After years of the war and victory‚ he confronts Polyphemus while he’s sailing back to his house on the island of Cyclopeans. Polyphemus locks up Odysseus
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needed to be a hero‚ strength. It took strength to drive a stake through the eye of the Cyclops Polyphemus. This blinded the giant‚ and allowed his men to escape. When Charybdis‚ the whirlpool monster‚ attacked his ship Odysseus was able to hold on to a fig tree and survive while
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avoid the straight and you will sail around Sicily. You will also avoid the Sicilian monster Polyphemus; he has already devoured many Greek men.’ "We were sailing as the advice had been given by Helenus. But as we sailed close to Italy‚ we were called by a wretched sailor to the ’Help me‚ Trojans‚ I am a wretched Greek! With the leader of Ithaca‚ I sailed to Sicily‚ but in our flight when Polyphemus had devoured many of my buddies and he was blinded by our men I wandered away from my friends;
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Divine Destiny Free will‚ man’s right to choose his own path. While clearly present in The Odyssey‚ it is through Homer’s writing that we begin to see the underlying belief‚ in ancient Greek culture‚ of divine intervention and the gods’ power to control and shape man’s destiny. Their influence is evident in determining the outcome of every adventure and obstacle that the hero‚ Odysseus‚ faces during his lengthy‚ perilous journey home following the events of the Trojan War. Man’s free will is
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